Travis Wilson Rather, age 31, a resident of Oliver Springs, passed away Thursday, Feb. 21, at Methodist Medical Center.
Mr. Rather was born April 22, 1981, in Oak Ridge. He was a lifelong resident of this area.
Travis was an expert marksman who enjoyed deer hunting with his father. He also enjoyed golfing. He was an electrician and a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers #270. He was a member of New Fairview Baptist Church.
Donald Edward Key II, age 55, and a resident of Harriman, passed away Friday, Feb. 22, at his home.
Mr. Key was born March 12, 1957, in Harriman. He was a lifelong resident of this area.
Before his disability, he worked as a butcher at Anderson Hilltop Market.
Donald was a member of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church. He enjoyed raising cattle, shooting firearms, and fishing.
Earnest Ronald “Pervy” Mathes, age 62, a resident Oliver Springs, passed away Friday, Feb. 22, at his home.
Mr. Mathes was born March 17, 1950, in Oak Ridge. He was a lifelong resident of this area.
He was a master plumber and before his disability he was employed as the water treatment plant operator for the city of Oak Ridge.
Earnest served his country in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. While serving, he received several medals, decorations, badges, and ribbons.
Dorothy Pearl Galloway
Dorothy Pearl Galloway, age 96, of Oak Ridge, departed this life peacefully on Feb. 21 at Greenfield of Oak Ridge.
She was a lifetime supporter and servant for the church of Christ and recently attended the New York Avenue Church of Christ in Oak Ridge.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Galloway and daughter, Vernita Smith.
Robert August Winkel, 98, died on Friday, Feb. 22, at his home in Oak Ridge.
In 1950, Mr. Winkel moved to Paducah, Ky., to become the assistant manager of Union Carbide’s Gaseous Diffusion Plant. He ultimately became plant manager for the operation.
While living in Paducah, he was very active in the community, serving on the board of directors of the local Boy Scouts Council and Junior Achievement. He was also an active Rotarian and a member of Grace Episcopal Church. In addition, Mr. Winkel was a “Kentucky Colonel” and served on the Governor’s Committee on Educational Television.
In 1971, Mr. Winkel and his family moved to Oak Ridge when he became plant manager of K-25. He remained in the plant manager position until his retirement in December 1979.
Douglas Phillips, age 76 of Clinton, passed away Friday, Feb. 15, at Methodist Medical Center.
He was a loving father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. Doug enjoyed fishing and taking his grandchildren snipe hunting. He was always willing to help others who were in need. [Read more…]
Mary Ann Russell, age 54, and a resident of Oak Ridge, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 13, at her home.
Mary Ann was born on July 17, 1958, in Oliver Springs. She was a lifelong resident of this area.
She was a homemaker, a loving mother, and grandmother. She was a Christian who believed in the Baptist Faith. [Read more…]
Perry Gibson Hockaday
Perry Gibson Hockaday, 80, went to his Heavenly Home on Feb. 14 from his Solway home after a long battle with multiple illnesses.
Perry was a member of Solway Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Teresa; parents, Alice and Hobson Hockaday; brothers, Leonard and Felix; sisters, Grace Vinson and Mabel Godwin of North Carolina; and son-in-law, Larry Hutcheson. [Read more…]
Letha Russell
Letha Russell, age 69, of Clinton, passed away Thursday, Feb. 14, at Golden Living Center-Windwood in Clinton.
Letha enjoyed sewing, yard sales, flower gardening, reading, and playing with great-grandchildren.
Letha was preceded in death by her parents Tom and Laura Nolan, sons James Lee Pointer and Clarence Anthony Pointer Jr., and sister Laney Nolan. [Read more…]
James L. Davis, age 88, and a resident of Oak Ridge, died Thursday, Feb. 14, at Methodist Medical Center.
Mr. Davis was born on May 1, 1924, in the Fork Mountain Community in Anderson County. At the age of 17, (1942) during the height of World War II, he entered into the U.S. Navy and served his country until his retirement, at the Sanford, Fla., Naval Air Station, in 1964. During his career, he received several medals, citations, ribbons and accommodations, including the WWII Victory Medal.
Following his Navy retirement, he began employment at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, in 1967. He continued working at the space center until his second retirement in 1989. After his final retirement, he enjoyed living half of the year in Crossville and half of the year in Florida, until his final move to Oak Ridge in 2008. [Read more…]
Jewell Chappell Hicks, age 81, of Oak Ridge, went to be with the Lord on Feb. 13.
She was born Sept. 19, 1931, in Lake Toxaway, N.C., and moved to Oak Ridge in 1948.
She worked for McCrory’s 5&10 and Southern Bell as a telephone operator before marrying Gene Hicks on April 6, 1950.
For the next 63 years they lived in Oak Ridge, where she raised a family, enjoyed gardening, and loved to cook and sew. Jewell loved music, dancing, clogging, and was an active member of the Rambling Rebels Square Dance Club.
